I have a Trek Equinox 9 (it's aluminum) and it ain't light. I love it, but it feels like a pig in the hills. But on downhills and flats, it seems to fly ... I feel like a tractor trailer on the interstate. I get passed on the hills and then I'm right back on people once I'm over the top. And I'm an above-average climber on the road bike. I don't feel it's so much an issue with me as it is with this hog I'm riding (I don't know what it weighs, but it feels like at least 2 of my road bikes).
But the flip side is, why am I catching and passing all these people on P3Cs/P3SLs and other high zoot bikes when I get over the hills? Is it the flip side of that weight penalty?
What this boils down to is, I'm thinking about a lighter bike, but what's the point if what I gain going uphill I lose going downhill? Anyone else notice the same thing or have any thoughts on this?
Bob C.
But the flip side is, why am I catching and passing all these people on P3Cs/P3SLs and other high zoot bikes when I get over the hills? Is it the flip side of that weight penalty?
What this boils down to is, I'm thinking about a lighter bike, but what's the point if what I gain going uphill I lose going downhill? Anyone else notice the same thing or have any thoughts on this?
Bob C.